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On March 27th, 2013, the European Commission has presented a package of initiatives to make trade mark registration systems all over the European Union cheaper, quicker, more reliable and predictable. The proposed reform would improve conditions for businesses to innovate and to benefit from more effective trade mark protection against counterfeits, including fake goods in transit through the EU's territory.

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The Select Committee of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation dealing with the unitary patent held its first session today at the EPO in Munich. For the user community and for the EPO, this is a further milestone after the adoption of the unitary patent package in December 2012 and the signing last month of the international agreement on the Unified Patent Court.

Centexbel performs fire tests on curtains destined for the USA

NFPA 701 - Fire Tests for flame Propagation of Textiles and Films

NFPA 701 is a method to determine the burning behaviour of curtains and has been performed in the USA since many years. In the meantime, the method has been drastically adapted.
The standard includes a small-scale and a large-scale test. The largest demand is for the small-scale test (method 1).

With regard to product certification according to Oeko-Tex® Standard 100, the Oeko-Tex® Association has updated the applicable test criteria and limit values at the beginning of the year. After a three-month transitional period the following new regulations will come into force for all certification procedures on 1 April 2013.

Use of the Community trade mark in a single Member State – Whether sufficient

If, within a period of five years following registration, the proprietor has not put the Community trade mark to genuine use in the Community in connection with the goods or services in respect of which it is registered, or if such use has been suspended during an uninterrupted period of five years, the Community trade mark shall be subject to the sanctions provided for in this Regulation, unless there are proper reasons for non-use.

The European Patent Office (EPO) welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament in Strasbourg today of two draft regulations on the creation of the unitary patent, hailing it as a historic achievement. "The European Union is to be congratulated on this decision, which clears the way for the completion of the European patent system with a unitary patent and a Unified Patent Court, which we have been waiting for in Europe for 40 years," said EPO President Benoît Battistelli.